Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins - ESSENTIAL

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, 400 pages. Scholastic, 2025. $28

Language: G (0 swears,  0 “f”); Mature Content: PG (undescribed naked mentioned); Violence: PG-13 (many deaths mentioned, decapitation, spilled guts, bones,)

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ESSENTIAL

APPEALS TO: MANY

Haymitch’s birthday and reaping day - a potent combination. It is the day of the Quarter Quell, the 50th Hunger Games, and 4 tributes will be chosen from each District to fight to the death in the Capitol’s arena of choice.

What more do you need to know?  Collins has written a tear-jerker, a heart-breaking look at Haymitch and the Games he “won”. The level of violence is similar to all of the other books in the series. You will not be sorry you read it - and you will hate President Snow even more than you already did before the end. 

Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS


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